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I have written this post November 15, 2007. What happened almost a year after?

Ngayon talaga ang kaarawan ng anak ko. Kaya lang naisip niya na kahapon (November 14) na lang ganapin ang kaunting pag titipon dahil darating mga ka eskwela niya sa Fatima College. Ngayong Huwebes ay wala silang pasok kaya makakapahinga siya.

Nagluto ako ng Sisig, nag steem ng Tilapia na nilagyan ko na mayonnaise tsaka binudburan ng sunog na bawang, nag ihaw ng bangus pinalaman ng kamatis at sibuyas, yung balat ng baka ginawa ko naman na sopas.

You may read the rest of the post HERE.

(This pictures shows the whole stretch of business establishment right after Victory Bus Terminal (beside Victory Mall) that have closed shop except for Western Marketing Appliance Store (They however. reduced their store space to half it’s original floor area).

I can’t help but remember the struggle we put up to explain to the Mayor of this city how our store is being affected by the closure of those pedestrian lane as discuss in the above post. Year 2005 when they decided to close the same spot and opened new pedestrian crossing in front of Allied bank (This one and the one in front of Ever Grand Gotesco Mall was permanently close but opened one in between the two.Right across Victory Mall).

I was able to talk with the owner of the establishment near our branch and learned from them how they almost suffer from bankruptcy the year 2005 when it was closed. It was re-opened December of 2006, then the permanent closure that started November 15,2007 until now.

Those businesses that went bankrupt are not the only casualty. I have heard that one store would just wait and finish the Christmas season sale and would close shop also.

Now you would probably ask me why the system of opening and closing? That would be a Million Peso question that needs a million peso answer.

Mahal na Reyna Elena, this is the post I mention to you a week ago. Hanggang dito na lamang po at baka may masabi pa akong iba. Amen.

Ito po ang kwento ng Dating Daan, Bagong Daan na hindi ko na alam kung saan dadaanin?

Food trip sa Victory mall

This happened yesterday (November 3,2008) when my District Manager conducted his usual branch visit to our branch. Lunch Time and he decided that we try to explore other restaurant located at Victory Mall in Kalookan. Food Trip sa Vistory Mall starts.

We passed by Mc Donald and stop at Tokyo-Tokyo restaurant. Seeing those menus with accompanying picture, he is not convinced and decided that we try and look for other restaurant. (Hindi type Ni Bossing)

He has grown tired of eating at Chowking, Jollibee and KFC so why not try other food establishment.

Then we stop by this newly opened restaurant named Yehey Kainan@Kapihan. Thinking that he had seen this restaurant somewhere, we decided to check it out. I jokingly told him that he must be referring to “Yahoo.com”. He isn’t amused though because he is now hungry at this point. First he tried asking what coffee is available but got a negative answer. Their coffee machine isn’t working yet. Then he asked what soup is available? Lomi and Arroz caldo is the cashier’s reply. (soup ba yun?)

Food Trip? (Bad Trip talaga)

If I am allowed to decide at that point and time, I wouldn’t think of eating there because I think the person manning the counter is inefficient. She doesn’t know what she’s selling.

Never the less my boss keeping his temper in checked and must be very hungry at that point ordered Chicken Steak and Pancit palabok. My order is Chicken Barbeque and Lomi.

After paying I asked for Official receipt and got a temporary receipt issued by the BIR.

I got our service number and tried to get straw from the dispenser. Their dispenser is also not working because one attendant notice me having a hard time pressing the lever to get the straw, she voluntarily approached me, open the cover and get straw(that simple).

I told my Boss that they should change their business name to “Yehey Kainan@ wala pang kapihan”.

Waiting for our order takes eternity. My DM had to call the attention of a waiter standing near us and requested to follow up our order.

It seems to me that the kitchen personnel are not of speaking terms with their waiters for they gave our order one after the other. Just imagine the waiter had to go back and forth to our tables 4 times for our order. Speaking of team work?

Food trip? (Bad trip talaga)

While eating, my boss keeps on complaining about the size of the chicken serving, the taste of the food when he noticed his Pancit palabok. No toppings of Chicharon, shrimp or even tinapa shavings to call it Palabok. What we see are only white noodles with color orange sauce. He felt cheated and called the waiter again asking the poor man (pointing to the counter) why is it that in that picture there are eggs and toppings? The poor waiter got hold of the palabok, go to the kitchen and when he came back there are 4 slices of egg on top. He is asking for an apology because their cook forgot to put egg over it.

My boss asked the waiter about how many Branches store they have and where are they located if any? “Wala ho, Bago lang ho itong business” was the waiters fast reply.

(Mabuti naman iho at wala nang gaya naming maloloko!)

I didn’t tell my Boss why I can’t consume my Lomi. It is too salty and the noodles too hard.

According to my Boss, if he is not hungry he could not eat that kind of food.

Their price is not right for the food they gave to their customer.

Then when the time to leave has come and as we walk to the door, all their employees call out in unison-“Thank you, Please come again”.

We gave a dry smile and softly replied-“There will never be next time”

Food trip that goes Bad trip!

Lesson learned - Wait for feedback from your friends and relatives before you embark on food tripping.

November 2 , 2008.

After visiting Himlayan Pilipino in Tandang Sora, Quezon City we decided to try and eat out in Tong Yang restaurant at Quezon Avenue also in Quezon city.

Although my former District Manager have already brought (B.M.’s of southern luzon) me at the same restaurant, I already forgot how to prepare foods shabu-shabu style.He always brought us to different restaurants every time our region conducts a meeting here in Metro Manila.

My children always joked me everytime we plan to dine out and remind me that I have made a promise to bring them at Tong Yang restaurant the day after I told them where my District Manager brought us.

How do they remind me? In unison they would shout -”Tong Yang, Tong Yang, Tong Yang”. I am a person with one word (may isang salita),so my reply is always, “just wait for the time that I could save and have a budget”.

Shabu-Shabu- What is it?

(Shabu-shabu is usually served with tofu and vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, chrysanthemum leaves, nori (edible seaweed), onions, carrots, shiitake mushrooms and enokitake mushrooms. In some places, Udon, Mochi and/or harusame noodles may also be served.) source - Wikipedia

Dining in Tong Yang restaurant for a first timer is really a lot of fun. Just imagine how my son perspire in grilling food before he can eat. A waiter took pity and help them in preparing the food.

There’s a lot of laughter and horsing around. My children realize the value of learning how to prepare food and to know different vegetables,fish,pork slices,beef and and sauces. An eye opener and learning experience for all of us while having fun at the same time.

All in all it was another memorable dining experience for my family. Oh, their price have already increased. It is now P560.00 per head every Sunday.

Sunday, October 26, 2008. a day after that memorable event of meeting the heavy weights of blogging , I and my family dine out in this Chinese Restaurant to have a simple celebration of my daughter Mae’s Birthday.Then I remember that this blog is already one year old,Happy Birthday-Fatherlyours.

Flashback:

As what I have written in my earlier post, dinner time is our time for family bonding.

We seldom eat out now especially with the economic crises we are facing. The high cost of everything makes us think twice before doing a thing. If need arise, Mae or I would usually order food and bring home to save on incidental expenses such as transportation.

There are times when my children would fondly recall what happened ten years ago when I brought them to Mary’s Chicken restaurant in Alabang. I just don’t know if this restaurant still exists at this time.

1 whole chicken is already enough for them and how they ate it up with gusto that I need to order additional rice for each of them even though the size of the rice serving is as big as a saucer.

One time, my budget is not enough for us to eat in a flashy restaurant after going from the cemetery; I’ll bring them to Mc Jo(a chinese restaurant in Soler), in reference to Mc Donald and Jollibee(Sing-sarap, pero d sing-mahal). Little incident such as these gives them simple joy they never forget.

Going Back:

Now i realize that when you have a daughter who is already working and earning much more than her father, your wallet can be left at home (Wala naman laging laman kundi ID).

Included in that photo is my sister-in-law, her daugther is the one who took this picture. So 9 kami ha.

What we ordered:

1 order of Crispy Pata

1 whole chicken in Chinese Sauce

2 order of Fish Fellet with taufu

2 order of Broccoli with Shrimp

2 order of nido soup

2 order of Camaron Rellenado

8 order of Big Shanghai Rice

2 Iced Tea and the rest preferred the all natural H2O.

All in all in was a sumptuous dinner (Blurp!)Now, just for fun,anybody who could guess how much we paid for all this food will be given a small token of appreciation for joining this guessing game. How about giving you a 5000 EC (you must be a member of entrecard) or you can choose a recipient for this EC. Maybe the nearest price you could give to the actual amount we paid will be declared as a winner.

Then I will give you the name, address and telephone number of this restaurant so could also enjoy the taste of Chinese food here.

Happy Birthday Mae and to this Blog!

Edited: November 10,2008.As promised, you’ll find the actual price below:

1 order of Crispy Pata P360.00

1 whole chicken in Chinese Sauce P250.00

2 order of Fish Fellet with taufu P85.00@ P170.00

2 order of Broccoli with Shrimp P 85.00 P 170.00

2 order of nido soup PP 65.00 P 130.00

2 order of Camaron Rellenado P 85.00 P 170.00

8 order of Big Shanghai Rice P30.00 P 240.00

2 Iced Tea and the rest preferred the all natural H2O. P15.00 P30.00

Grand total P 1,520.00

Name of Restaurant : Silver Crown Restaurant

Address:

And the winner is Snow!Wait for your prize ha. Kagaling mo naman talaga.

October 25: DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Manila Networking Event

The DigitalFilipino.com Club is organizing a fellowship/networking event where e-commerce industry players and bloggers can catch up and exchange updates. This will be on October 25, Saturday, 6 to 11 pm at Forum Hall, Casino Filipino, PIRC Bldg. Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Parañaque City. Shuttle to the venue is available. Pick up time will be at 5 pm and 6 pm at Starbucks 6750. Please contact Janette at digitalfilipino (at) gmail (dot) com should you be taking the shuttle.

This event is sponsored by our club member PAGCOR.

6:00 - 7:00 Registration and Dinner
7:00 - 7:30 Guest introduction / plugs
7:30 - 8:00 Updates by Janette

* DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2008
* DigitalFilipino.com Club Updates (online workshop and other efforts)
* Ratified.org Philippines Top 100 Blogs 2008 (blogs that had big moves in 2008)

8:00 - 8:30 - PAGCOR launch Internet/E-Commerce project
8:30 - onwards - Raffle, Networking, Games

Bloggers are welcome to attend this event for free. Just reply to this post with your name and blog address.

I was invited by Angel of Fatherblogger.com to the above event and Janette is kind enough to invite me as well so I thought of why not give it a try. Being a part time blogger I could count with my left hand the people who leave comments on my blog and a few people who managed to visit this blog just to drop their EC. (entrecard).
This is my first time in attending such an event and I could say that I enjoy every minute of it.

I really have a great time seeing you and knowing you both in person.
I learned a lot of things from those blogger who are listed on the top 100 blogs who are present that night.

I also learned how to play poker.It is a game of strategy, analysis, bluffing and of course Luck with a capital “L”(one needs a lot of these). A few playing chips were given and two rounds of mock card game ensued.
Then the fun game begin and I was included to play poker. The bottom line is I lost as quickly as I won. Confused? I won the first time I bet all my chips but lose the second time I did it. Lesson learned- patience is a virtue.

Thank you too Reynaelena, pusa, Sonnie, Bloggista (There you go,sorry po) Snow (sorry din po), Jonel Uy and to the other blogger I failed to mention (there you go again, na mental block, hehehe).
Thank you!

Shy kasi ang lolo niyo kaya low profile. Wala kasing kabuhay-buhay itong webiste ko. hehehe.

Time to say -”Thank You” to all these Entrecard people who have visited this site and made their drop. Even though there are times that I could not made my regular drop. The least I could do is this link love and say “Thank you”.

And also to those people who accepted my add,”Thank You,too”. Their are a lot of people who rejected my add for various reason and I have learn to accept it as part of these Entrecard world.

To Tina, who never run out of fantastic post here,” Thank you” and please do not get tired. The forecast bad business by local business here at this time make us all busy preparing for the worst Christmas sales ever.( Hope the economy could recover fast.)

Here they are:

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Tehcnically Easy Provides useful and helpful advice to understanding various technologies in use today. Topics discussed include computers, networking (wired and wireless), security, Web sites, and digital cameras. Free reviews of personal blogs and Web sites are offered.

Money Ning A personal finance blog where we share insights on carefully saving money, investing, early retirement, mortgages, stocks because the little things matter in achieving financial freedom!

Pinoy Gaming World is a blog site in which we aim to deliver current news and events regarding popular online and offline games here in the Philippines. If you’re tired of visiting multiple websites just to get the latest news on your favorite games, this blog is a one-stop gaming information site designed for gamers like you.

Nuke it dot org The life and times of an everyday computer security professional.

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The Sewing Mom Personal blog showcasing my fabric creations. I also talk about family, friends, hobbies, cooking and daily life.

Great Registry Hack Here you will get registry hacks, tips, some programing stuffs for php n actionscript. Hobbies: Painting, programing, hacking, cracking, cooking, traveling n most net surfing

The Single Parent Talks This is my life musings, my scratch pad, my thoughts, my ideas, my world… a mixed bag. Something that I can share and relate to everyone who drops by.

Joanjoyce Anything and Everything I want to rant about.

Now why don’t you try and visit this site and learn for yourself the real people behind those blogs and what are they talking about in their site?

Me, I have to take a bath and report for work.

Bye for now and again, Thank You.

Marriage (Part I )
Typical macho man married typical good-looking lady, and
after the wedding, he laid down the following rules:

‘I’ll be home when I want, if I want and at what time
I want — and I don’t expect any hassle from you.
I expect a great dinner to be on the table unless
I tell you that I won’t be home for dinner.
I’ll  go hunting, fishing, boozing, and card-playing
when I want with my old buddies, and don’t you
give me a hard time about it.
Those are my rules.  Any comments?’

His new bride said:
‘No, that’s fine with me.  Just understand that there will be sex
here at seven o’clock every night…whether you’re here or not. ‘

(DARN SHE’S GOOD!)
Marriage (Part II)

Husband and wife had a bitter quarrel on the day of their 40th wedding anniversary!

The husband yells, ‘When you die, I’m getting you a headstone
that reads, ‘Here Lies My Wife — Cold As Ever’!’

‘Yeah?’ she replies. ‘When you die, I’m getting you a headstone
that reads, ‘Here Lies My Husband — Stiff At Last’!’

(HE ASKED FOR IT!)
Marriage (Part III)

Husband (a doctor) and his wife are having a fight at the breakfast table.

Husband gets up in a rage and says, ‘And you are no
good in bed either,’ and storms out of the house.

After some time he realizes he was nasty and
decides to make amends and rings her up.

She comes to the phone after many rings, and the irritated husband says,
‘What took you so long to answer to the phone?’

She says, ‘I was in bed.’

‘In bed this early, doing what?’

‘Getting a second opinion!’

(YEP, HE HAD THAT COMING, TOO!)
Marriage (Part IV)

A man has six children and is very proud of his achievement.

He is so proud of himself, that he starts calling his
wife,’ Mother of Six’ in spite of her objections.

One night, they go to a party.  The man decides that it IS time to go home
and wants to find outif his wife is ready to leave as well.  He shouts at the top of his voice,
‘Shall we go home Mother of Six?’

His wife, irritated by her husband’s lack of discretion,
shouts right back, ‘Any time you’re ready, Father of Four.’

(RIGHT ON, LADY!)

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THE SILENT TREATMENT

A man and his wife were having some problems at home
and were giving each other the silent treatment.

Suddenly the man realized that the next day he would need his wife
to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight.

Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece
of paper, Please wake me at 5:00 AM .’  He left it where he knew she would find it.

The next morning the man woke up, only to discover it
was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight.

Furious, he was about to go to see why his wife hadn’t wakened him when he
noticed a piece of paper by the bed.   The paper said, ‘It is 5:00 AM .  Wake up.’

Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.

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God may have created man be fore woman, but there
is always a rough draft before the masterpiece.
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Send this to smart women who need a laugh
and to men you think can handle it.

I’ve seen this before,
but… good joke IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR LAUGH!
LOL